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@enregistre etnut @frn Letters PazentfNo. )79,459, dated June 30, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT In ROW-Leers.'

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs L. DAYTCN, of North Buffalo, in the county 'of Erie, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Row-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,

clear, and enact description thereof, reference being hadito the accompanying drawing', whiehis made a part of this specification,

My invention relates to a novel andsimpl'e device for attaching the oars to the boat in such a manner: as to allow vof their free movement'in the usual direction for rowing, and also their detachment, whendesired, and to v prevent theirendwise displacement, and the noise and cramping incident to the common forms of row-locks.

- Each oar is provided at Athe proper point with a pivoted block or eye, mounted in a suitable yoke. This eye is inserted over a pin in the gnnwale of the boat, and supported on a shoulder on said pin at any desired height.

The oai` turns on the pivots ofthe. eye in dipping and rising, and around the-pin in making the strokes;

In thedrawings.- i I Figure 1 is a sectional view of a boat, having an oar provlded with` my improved lock applied, showing ,the oar and its aecessoriesin elevation.

Figureis an enlarged transverse section, and Figure 3 a parti'ally-sectionized plan view. on the same scale as iig. 2. A may represent the yoke or'staple, which is hiere shown as attached to the side ofthe oar, by the passage throughit of the contracted stems or bolts a of said yoke, which are therescrew-threaded, and receive nuts B C is' :shed-plate, secured in-plaee by'the attachment of the yoke, and D the eye'or block, which is pivoted between said yoke A and plateC. The bed-plate C and oye D have formed on them, respectively, bosses c and d, vwhichxsert-'e to keepsaid eye in the centre of the space between said plate and the yoke'.

f E the pin, inserted in the ,gunwale of' the boatQfor thercceptionof the eye D, and e a flange or shoulder onsaid'pin, on which said eye rests.

All th e-.parts .oi` the. lock may he of iron, brass, or other suitable metal or materia-l, andbc attached to the oar and boat-in any suitable manner.

The component parts may also b e formed in diii'erent ways; for. instance, the yoke proper, A, may be riveted .or secured by screws to the plate C, and said plateattached by screws, or other suitable means, to the oar; or, l'theyoke and the bed-'plate be cast inv one piece, and the pivot of the eye he inserted through themrespectively,

manner described, furthe purpose specified.

instead rof being formed on the eye, as shown. The shankot' the pin E mightbe angular, to .prevent its turning, and be seducedi in. the gunwale, by a nut on its lower end, or a key through it. Its upper end might also he provided with a screw-nut, to prevent .the accidentalunshipment of the oar. It is obvious, however, that these or other similar variations would not essentially alter the device.' v

Hav-ing thus described my invention', I claim as new therein, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent-= The combination of the yoke A, bed-plate C, pivoted eye D, and pin E, allfernployed and operatingl in the To the above speciiication of my improvernent in row-locks, Ihave signed n ly hanch'this lq'th day ofApril,

i .1868. A D c. L. DAYTON.

Witnesses:

S. H. Btosson, E. R.-GnAsE. 

